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Affamata by Melissa Broder

alexannae's review against another edition

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5.0

NO DEAD LESBIAN SYNDROME!!! Tbh this is the best sapphic book I’ve ever read. This was queer girl content I needed.

hannahmg's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

annapff's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

dioniziah's review against another edition

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2.0

Really really weird. Interesting to read in some ways but soooooo bizarre. Some parts of it are so introspective and deep and then the very next chapter has her at a gym masturbating on a bike…in public???? what a roller coaster. Also the way she sexualized everything and had explicit thoughts about every person she met was so deeply uncomfortable like just get a vibrator PLEASE I BEG. *rest*

alisongaiovnik's review against another edition

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4.0

Bizarre dairy porn.

itsnatalieruth's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

2.0

Super weird

bookishtee's review against another edition

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3.0

This was really just a meh for me. Definitely not what I expected.

carlesab's review against another edition

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4.0

If you read literally any other review you’ll know that this book isn’t for everyone. Melissa Broder takes an extremely honest and raw approach in writing about what love, food, and sex look like for someone abused and addicted. I won’t say how long it took me to read because I kept having to put it down between chapters that left me empty or disgusted. And I don’t think I would necessarily recommend this book to everyone, but it was still life changing. I closed this book realizing that I don’t want to ever read another author afraid of complete honesty. I think that feat deserves four stars.

sarahpetrus's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gabriela_n13's review against another edition

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5.0

the heart gets wounded—so what?